Rethinking Civil Society Regionalism in Africa

This book interrogates the extent to which regional civil society organisations have evolved as actors in West Africa.

Autorentext

Dele Kogbe, PhD is a visiting research fellow at the University of South Wales, UK, and co-convenor of the British International Studies Association - Africa Working Group. He has taught politics and international relations at the University of Dundee, where he co-founded Dundee Africa Research Network. A writer of multiple parts, besides researching African security and comparative regionalism, Dele is a published poet, novelist and playwright who employs a literary medium and social research to interrogate complex issues of politics and societies in speaking the truth to power. He is the author of The Girl Who Dares the King (Drama).

Inhalt

Introduction

1.The Making of Civil Society in African Regions and Regionalisms

2. Analytical Framework

3.The Contextual Understanding of the Evolution of Regional Civil Society in West Africa

4. Civil Society and Democratic Participation in the West African Regionalism

5.Civil Society and Regional Peacebuilding in West Africa: Assessing the Evolution of the West African Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) as an Actor

6. Conclusion